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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1927
Page
7
Advertisement lists monuments and cemetery lots with vaults described as rust and vermin proof. Mentions Gleason in charge and J F Butts of Athens as contact. Includes promises of everlasting durability and both foreign and domestic descriptions.
A jumble of shop offers and ads lists farm property near Marshfield, baked goods, used machinery and tires, car sales including Ford and Dodge models, taxi services, funeral home, and general hardware in Nelsonville Glouster Chauncey Trimble area with phone contacts and special trips noted. Highlights include 88 acre farm near Marshfield, Model Home Bakery goods, used parts, and various low priced autos and tires.
The document outlines a real estate description for lot No. 258 with precise measurements and bearings and notes an exception of a 40.3 foot wide strip on Perry Street. It seeks sale of the property to satisfy debts and charges and names W. Laird as a party defendant who must answer by August 31, 1927. attorney M. D. Hughes represents the plaintiff.
A guardians sale ordered by the court of Athens County Ohio will offer for sale two tracts of land in Athens with long survey descriptions. First tract is 67.17 acres plus a 2.5 acre railroad right of way. second tract 40.97 acres. Terms: one third cash day of sale, one third in one year, one third in two years with mortgage security. Sale by Bank of Athens National Banking Association as guardian for Loretta Wines. attorneys Jones & Jones.
Butter markets hold steady with receipts of 7 780 and creamery extras at 42¢ and 42 percent. Eggs show quiet trade with receipts of 6 328 and varying quotes from near white to Pacific coast at 39¢ to 30¢ per dozen and nearby towns around 29 1/4¢ to 37¢ per dozen.
H. A. Laird administrator sues Martha L. Maniskas in Athens County case No. 10076 alleging decedent Armstrong Laird left insufficient estate to pay debts and estate expenses. Real estate described in two tracts: Minear Farm part in Athens and Lot 258 in Carpenter's Addition, Lancaster Ohio.
Hog receipts total around 3 500 head with various weights priced from 9 75 to 16 90 per hundredweight. Cattle market described as steady with calves veal and sheep varying. beef cows calves and lambs listed with price ranges and per hundredweight figures.
Liberty 3s open at 100.31 up 2 with first 102.29 and second 44s at 100.8 down 1. Fourth 44s at 103.21 off 1 while U B Treasury 44s trade around 113.2 down 2.
Cincinnati stockyards report May hog receipts around 5 400 with 250 to 380 pound hogs at 8 75 to 9 10 and lighter weights at 10 50 to 10 75. Cattle and calves show weak to 25 cents off with steers 9.00 to 12.25 and cows 5.75 to 7.50. Sheep at 1 000 head and market steady with a top not stated.
Butter receipts listed at 19 to 39 cents with standards firsts seconds and extras. Eggs receipts show ordinaries firsts seconds and extras with varied pricing across grades.
Butter prices steady with creamery quotes at 36 to 38 cents per pound, common stock discounted 2 to 4 cents, No. 1 packing 29 cents, No. 2 18 to 20 cents, butter fatale 43 cents. Rags steady with fresh gathered extra firsts 26 cents, firsts 24, seconds 19, nearby ungraded 23.
Cleveland market report lists prices for potatoes Virginia barrels at 3.35 to 4.00. poultry includes fowls at 25 to 22 cents, Leghorn fowls 19 to 21 cents, heavy broilers 34 to 28 cents, Leghorn broilers 24 to 25 cents. Butter prices 40 to 45 cents per pound in various tablet forms. Eggs show extras 29 cents, firsts 23 to 26 cents, ordinary 22 cents.
The wool trade in Boston shows strength as foreign markets push demand along Sumner street. New crop wools move with most dealers reporting sales ahead on quarter plooes. Ohio Delaines fetch about $1.10 clean to the mill, fine staple territory wools range from $1.12 to $2.08, and Australian 64 x 70s are quoted $1 to $1.08.
A near cloudburst swept through this section Sunday afternoon at about 4:30. It damaged crops and caused creeks in low-lands to overflow. Eastbridge gauge recorded .47 inches in 15 minutes and Amenville gauge .81 inches. Winds and lightning occurred but with little damage reported. Temperatures cooled from the heat of late last week, dipping to 58 Sunday night and Monday morning, with 87 highs yesterday and 77 at noon today.
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